Why Grade Inflation: What Is Integrity Lost?
Is Integrity Lost?
Critics today are worrying if students are receiving their actual earned grades in highschool and in college. Based on Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy’s research, along with many others, grade inflation is a legitimate problem occurring in the United States. According to this research, grading inflation has been on the rise since the 1960’s. In Arthur Levine and Diane Dean’s article, ‘Why Grade Inflation (even at Harvard) Is a Big Problem’, they state that, "In 1969, 7% of undergraduates had a grade of an A- or higher in contrast to 41% now. Similarly, grades of C or less have dropped from 25 percent to 5 percent." (Arthur Levine and Diane Dean, Paragraph 2) This is a major increase for A’s as well as decrease for C’s. Grade inflation hurts not only students long term but hurts future businesses as well. …show more content…
Those poor grades, even though they were earned, could land young men in Vietnam. Researches also attributed the more recent rise in grade inflation to a consumer-like approach. These students pay for a product and then get rewarded with outstanding grades just for their investment. They claim education had been made to entice, as well as encourage, faculties to grade more freely than before. The new way of grading has produced better teacher inspections. Schools are attempting to "help" the student, when really they are putting them in jeopardy. This unfair plan not only helps with the school but makes the students look the part for the job
Critics today are worrying if students are receiving their actual earned grades in highschool and in college. Based on Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy’s research, along with many others, grade inflation is a legitimate problem occurring in the United States. According to this research, grading inflation has been on the rise since the 1960’s. In Arthur Levine and Diane Dean’s article, ‘Why Grade Inflation (even at Harvard) Is a Big Problem’, they state that, "In 1969, 7% of undergraduates had a grade of an A- or higher in contrast to 41% now. Similarly, grades of C or less have dropped from 25 percent to 5 percent." (Arthur Levine and Diane Dean, Paragraph 2) This is a major increase for A’s as well as decrease for C’s. Grade inflation hurts not only students long term but hurts future businesses as well. …show more content…
Those poor grades, even though they were earned, could land young men in Vietnam. Researches also attributed the more recent rise in grade inflation to a consumer-like approach. These students pay for a product and then get rewarded with outstanding grades just for their investment. They claim education had been made to entice, as well as encourage, faculties to grade more freely than before. The new way of grading has produced better teacher inspections. Schools are attempting to "help" the student, when really they are putting them in jeopardy. This unfair plan not only helps with the school but makes the students look the part for the job